So who was Arthur Cleveland Coxe?
The author of The Chimes of England, Arthur Cleveland Coxe (1818-1896), was the second Bishop of Western New York from 1865 to 1896. Apparently bishops in those days were like popes or English monarchs - you don't get them to retire, they go on and on and on till they're promoted to glory.
The author of this astonishing tribute to English church bells and bell ringing wasn't even born in England, as he tells us in the last verse of his poem. His take on the USA, his Forest-land, the joy of all the earth, where God is King, is an intriguing one for us in 2004. You could say.
The author of this astonishing tribute to English church bells and bell ringing wasn't even born in England, as he tells us in the last verse of his poem. His take on the USA, his Forest-land, the joy of all the earth, where God is King, is an intriguing one for us in 2004. You could say.
posted by Tony at 11/21/2004 04:06:00 pm
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